It is in your organisation's best interests to routinely publish as much information as possible about your commercial activities. Be mindful that some of the information you hold on sole traders could also constitute their personal information. This module assesses your awareness of other considerations relevant to managing and handling requests for commercial information. Read the “more information” section to give you further understanding of each question.
Good
- You always proactively publish less sensitive commercial information about your organisation.
- You always consider the request without reference to the requester's identity or motives.
- You always consider whether the request is for environmental information.
- You always consider how confidentiality clauses in contracts may interact with your FOIA obligations.
- You always consider whether information is commercially sensitive at the time of the request.
- You always consider whether requests about sole traders could also be for their personal information.
- You always consider what would be an appropriate level of advice and assistance to offer requesters seeking commercial information.
Adequate
- You sometimes proactively publish less sensitive commercial information about your organisation.
- You sometimes consider the request without reference to the requester's identity or motives.
- You sometimes consider whether the request is for environmental information.
- You sometimes consider how confidentiality clauses in contracts may interact with your FOIA obligations.
- You sometimes consider whether information is commercially sensitive at the time of the request.
- You sometimes consider whether requests about sole traders could also be for their personal information.
- You sometimes consider what would be an appropriate level of advice and assistance to offer requesters seeking commercial information.
Unsatisfactory
- You rarely proactively publish less sensitive commercial information about your organsiation.
- You rarely consider the request without reference to the requester's identity or motives.
- You rarely consider whether the request is for environmental information.
- You rarely consider how confidentiality clauses in contracts may interact with your FOIA obligations.
- You rarely consider whether information is commercially sensitive at the time of the request.
- You rarely consider whether requests about sole traders could also be for their personal information.
- You rarely consider what would be an appropriate level of advice and assistance to offer requesters seeking commercial information.